Times of Malaya when Pioneers, Planters, Miners, Civil Servants, Merchants, Police and the Military - both regulars and volunteers, during British Colonisation period, lived in the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and the Federated Malay States of Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan including Unfederated States of Johore, Terengganu, Kelantan & Perlis. From 1786, the arrival of Francis Light; 1819, landing of Stamford Raffles with the Honourable East India Company & the administration of the Straits Settlements by British India through to being The Crown Colony in 1867 leading to WW1 and WW2 in Malaya. The Times of Malayan Emergency to the independence of Malaya in 1957 and the Republic of Singapore in 1965.

Monday 9 August 2010

Concubine lane, Lorong Panglima..Ipoh, Perak

A vacated house in Concubine Lane ( Lorong Panglima)

A trishaw(?) going through the lane

Washings hanging dry across the lane, near to Wong Koh Kee Restaurant

Horizontal bars functioned as a security gate and for ventilation when the wooden doors were opened. A vintage design for prewar houses

Reported to have housed opium dens, mistresses for the rich tin tycoons in the heydays of Ipoh. It could have just been another bygone residence for the townsfolk of Ipoh – most of whom were petty traders or hawkers. The “Yee Lai Hong” or concubine lane appeared to be pretty derelict except for the Wong Koh Kee Restaurant that was doing brisk business for the lunch crowd.

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